As yet unconfirmed reports indicate that the RAAF, as part of the NATO forces in Afghanistan, will continue to utilise IAI Heron UAVs as part of Australia's Project NANKEEN.

Integra Packaging has supplied a storage solution to Australian Aerospace for protection of Caribou aircraft parts while in transit and storage.

Raytheon Australia has teamed with Bell Helicopter to bid for the Air 9000 Phase 7 Helicopter Aircrew Training System (HATS) Program.

The all-composite wing of the new Airbus Military A400M airlifter has passed the ultimate-load up-bend test - the critical static test required for certification.

At the Farnborough Air Show Boeing provided details of upgrades which would become available to F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft in the 2015-2017 period.

BAE Systems Australia has reportedly been selected as preferred tenderer by the RAAF for a six-year Interim Basic Flying Training Services contract.

Both the US Navy and Eurocopter/Australian Aerospace submitted their bids for the Australian Navy's future combat helicopter requirement under AIR 9000 Ph.8 on 23 July.

Oxley Developments has been awarded a contract to supply aircraft navigation LED lights to EADS for their Atlante unmanned air vehicle program.

Cobham has handed over the 10th and final upgraded Dash-8 aircraft to Border Protection Command at a ceremony in Darwin.

According to L-3 LINK, the first F/A-18F Tactical Operational Flight Trainer to be delivered to the RAAF has achieved initial training capability status.

BAE Systems Australia will provide in-country support and sustainment for the RAAF’s F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed at Williamtown 18 June.

The second Boeing P-8A Poseidon test aircraft, T2, successfully completed the program’s first mission systems test flight in June.

The opening this northern summer of the F-35 Integrated Training Center at Eglin AFB is a step closer with Northrop Grumman’s delivery, on schedule and on budget, of the first set of courseware needed to train pilots and aircraft maintainers.

Brisbane-based Ferra Engineering will pioneer a new manufacturing process for titanium components used on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter.

For several years Boeing did it tough in Australia – there was no shortage of orders, but most of the company’s major developmental defence programs were under-performing badly.

Pratt & Whitney has selected Broens Industries to supply a critical in support of the F135 propulsion system powering the F-35.